Bacterial populations in complementary foods and drinking-water in households with children aged 10-15 months in Zanzibar, Tanzania

Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 41-52

  Kung'u, Jacqueline K ^a   Boor, Kathryn J ^a   Ame, Shaali M ^b   Ali, Nadra S ^b   Jackson, Anna E ^c   Stoltzfus, Rebecca J ^a  

^a Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics   (United States)

^b Public Health Laboratory Ivo de Carneri   (Tanzania)

^c WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacteria; Coliform; Complementary foods; Enterobacteriaceae; Food safety; Tanzania; Water microbiology

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTEROBACTERIACEAE;

ARTICLE; BABY FOOD; BACTERIAL COUNT; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; FEMALE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD CONTROL; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; INFANT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; SAFETY; STANDARD; TANZANIA; TIME; WEANING;

COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; FEMALE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT FOOD; MALE; TANZANIA; TIME FACTORS; WATER MICROBIOLOGY; WEANING;

EID: 63149096850     PISSN: 16060997     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3329/jhpn.v27i1.3316     Document Type: Article

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